TY - JOUR
T1 - Medication reconciliation: Comment on “hospital-based medication reconciliation practices”
AU - Kaboli PJ
AU - Fernandes O
Y1 - 2012/07/23
N1 - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2667
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP - 1069
EP - 1070
VL - 172
IS - 14
N2 -
Similar to many contemporary innovations in practice, medication reconciliation is not a single act or intervention. Instead, it involves a “bundle” of related critical elements applied during the high-risk period of hospitalization. Hospitals are grappling with some essential questions: What strategies for medication reconciliation are most effective? Which patients will benefit most? Is admission or discharge reconciliation most essential? Which health care professionals should lead and contribute?2 This review illustrates that medication reconciliation is not a single intervention but rather takes place at various transitions (ie, admission, transfer, and discharge), involves a range of pharmacy expertise (ie, pharmacy technicians to clinical pharmacists), and may variously include all patients or target patients at high risk for adverse clinical outcomes (eg, adverse drug events and rehospitalizations).
SN - 0003-9926
M3 - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2667
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2667
ER -